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South Jetty, Hraraday, July 23, 1981, PM* 3Port Aransas Coast Guard brought home the 1st place trophy from the Small BoatCompetition held last week in Corpus Christi. Representing Port Aransas were (left toright, back) J.W. Whatley, D.W. Pollock, J.E. Jones and J. Ross, Jr. (holdingtrophy).Dear readers - it’s your turnWithin the next two weeks theSouth Jetty plans to startpublishing a “letters to theeditor" column. The publicationof this type of forum we feel isr 'iSea IsleVillageDay-W eek- Month749-6211 P.O. Box 248necessary for our readers to beable to express themselves oncertain issues. Some of theletters we have received in thepast have been published asnews articles. We now wish toprint as many of the letters wereceive from our readers asspace permits.There are certain require-ments that letters to the JettyMen’sTSMBLaguna—40% offChildren’s _HANG TEN—50% off___/must adhere to:1. all letters must be signedand include an address andphone number. If we are to beheld responsible for what weprint, we must be able to checkcertain facts.2. be brief and to the point.Space in the newspaper islimited3. the Jetty reserves the rightto edit for spelling and grammatical errors, and length. Wewill not change the basic contentof any letter4. no political advertising forcandidates will be included inthe column.Now that our readers have aspace for expressing their opin-ions we look forward to all those‘‘cards and letters rolling in."The average guitar string hasa playing life of 40 hours.Jl) Gull’s( WingHAIRSTYLINGMen-Women-ChildrenManicures Pedicures • FacialsHours9-5 Mon Wed 3-9 Ihu,s Ffl9 Noon Sat749-5574Tarpon St.Bank BuildingTINTS & TONES ARTSTUDIO & GAIJJSRYOil & Pastel, S*e«mp«v localScenes. ('.ommissionH.Instruction Helen Friemel.607 W. Ave. C. 749-6556'Tkc islANd's oldcsT an<) fricNdlicsT☆ Featuring Robert's Old Style Hot Dogs ☆* Regulation Pool Tables * Dartsp.A. Philharmonica App..™* Ni*huy823 Tarpon Port Aransas_< lo»«d I’ufd.yR edfishHearing on new limitsProposed limits on sportsfishing for redfish and speckledsea trout will be the subject of apublic hearing in Austin Thurs-day, July 23.Texas Parks and Wildlife staffmembers have recommendedthat the state raise the minimumsize for keeping redfish from 14inches to 16. Also proposed iscutting the catch limit on redfishfrom the present 10 per day and20 in possession to five per dayand 10 in possession. Catchlimits on trout would be changedfrom 20 per day and 40 inpossession to 10 and 20, if staffrecommendations are followed.If the Parks and WildlifeCommission adopts the recommended changes, they will gointo effect Sept. 1, the same daythat a general ban on commer-cial fishing of redfish andspeckled trout takes effect.The Legislature passed thecommercial ban in its regularsession earlier this year.The July 23 hearing will alsodeal with the possible closing ofthe Upper Laguna Madre tocommercial taking of redfishstarting July 30. Law requiresthat the Parks and WildlifeCommission close a bay systemwhen the reported redfish catchreaches 90 percent of the yearlyquota for that bay.The hearing in Austin willbegin at 9 a.m. at the head-quarters of the Texas Parks andWildlife Department.RedfishRiddle remains unsolvedThe flow of dead redfish ontoarea beaches has abated, butresearchers have yet to come upwith an explanation for therecent redfish kill.Some 3,500 redfish washed upover a two-week period rightbefore the Fourth of July.Anthony F. Amos, researcherwith the University of TexasMarine Science Institute in PortAransas, was one of the first toobserve the kill, in the course ofhis thrice-weekly survey ofbeach conditions in the 7.5 milestretch between Access Road 1and Access Road 2. In additionto counting the dead fish, Amosalso took part in offshore testingof water to determine if environ-mental conditions had causedthe kill.According to a report byAmos, oxygen starvation wasone of the first suspected causesof the phenomenon, but researchproved that this was not thecause.Dr. Donald Lewis, a veterinarypathologist with Texas A&MUniversity in College Station, isstill investigating the possibilitythat the kill was caused by avirus or other physiologicalabnormality.Amos reported that he hasspotted no dead redfish on thebeach over the past two weeks.During roughly the same twoweek period when he personallycounted 364 dead redfish, June24 - July 10, Amos also observeda dozen dead laughing gullswashed up in the surf, alongwith one dead royal tern. Amosnoted that while these birdswould be expected to feed ondead redfish, it would bedifficult to draw any conclusionsconcerning the toxicity of thefish as the cause of birds’ death.Bobby’sGroceryFor Once!The Best, FOR LESSBarbecue 0Beef Sandwich $1.35Barbecue 0Sausage SandwichGroceries - [JeerPicnic Supplies - Ice423 S. AbaterArroftn from the Family Center749-5316PLEASE VOTEAugust 8, 1981ElectBOBCARLOUGnCouncilman Place 6Pd. Adv. Paid lor by Robert E. ( arioughP.O. Box 373, Port Aransas, Texas 78373